Am I allowed on Emirates?
Nov 20, 2005, 12:07 pm
#16
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Originally Posted by LAX UA 1K
The customs searches are done by X-raying your bags and are primarily concerned with preventing you from bringing liquor into the countries. I've never seen them even look for anything else.
This is how I lost my DVD "Pretty Woman". And yes, the one starring Julia Roberts. My assumption was the customs official hadn't seen that one yet, but already had my certainly more provocative "Basic Instinct" DVD.
I do believe that any product with "Made in Israel" on it may not be imported into Saudi Arabia from a legal standpoint. However the term "legal system" here seems to be pretty arbitrary.
Dec 9, 2005, 3:40 pm
#17
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Originally Posted by cbellero
They are also looking for drugs and pornography.
This is how I lost my DVD "Pretty Woman". And yes, the one starring Julia Roberts. My assumption was the customs official hadn't seen that one yet, but already had my certainly more provocative "Basic Instinct" DVD.
I do believe that any product with "Made in Israel" on it may not be imported into Saudi Arabia from a legal standpoint. However the term "legal system" here seems to be pretty arbitrary.
This is how I lost my DVD "Pretty Woman". And yes, the one starring Julia Roberts. My assumption was the customs official hadn't seen that one yet, but already had my certainly more provocative "Basic Instinct" DVD.
I do believe that any product with "Made in Israel" on it may not be imported into Saudi Arabia from a legal standpoint. However the term "legal system" here seems to be pretty arbitrary.
a) One (of many) potential reasons to look carefully at a Canadian passport is that covert intelligence agents have historically used them for travel b/c Canada's a relatively well-accepted country as compared with others (i.e. U.S. that might raise more trouble for someone who's trying to be discreet.) I'm not writing this out of any professed inside knowledge. It's just something I picked up from years of reading non-fiction accounts of Middle-East espionage.
b)
Originally Posted by cbellero
I do believe that any product with "Made in Israel" on it may not be imported into Saudi Arabia from a legal standpoint. However the term "legal system" here seems to be pretty arbitrary.
